MP asks intelligence committee to probe Burnham impersonation incident as security breach

MP asks intelligence committee to probe Burnham impersonation incident as security breach

Liberal Democrat MP James MacCleary has written to Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee, chaired by Lord Beamish, asking it to investigate Prime Minister Andy Burnham's message exchange with someone posing as Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles. MacCleary called it an "egregious security breach." The ISC, which oversees Britain's intelligence agencies, has not said whether it will take up the matter.

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